bordering

English

Verb

bordering

present participle of border

Adjective

bordering (not comparable)

Having a common boundary or border
France and Spain are bordering nations.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, London: A[ndrew] Millar, OCLC 928184292, book IV:
  
  King Pyrrhus was at dinner at an ale-house bordering on the theatre, when he was summoned to go on the stage.

Related terms

border on

Translations

having a common boundary or border

Chinese:
Simplified: 设立疆界 (shèlìjiāngjiè)

Traditional: 設立疆界 (shèlìjiāngjiè)
French: limitrophe (fr)
German: angrenzend (de)
Italian: cingente (it)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilgrensende

Nynorsk: tilgrensande
Spanish: lindante, colindante
Turkish: sınırdaş (tr), hemhudut (tr)

Noun

bordering (plural borderings)

A pattern or ornament forming a border.
- 1874, Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine
  White silk borderings and silver buckles.

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